Chapter 187 Disguise

Major Daniel is a veteran of the First World War, but he was a car soldier at that time.

From driving a car to driving a tank and then becoming a tank battalion commander, he has gone through many unknown pains and bitterness, and the scars on his body are proof of these experiences.

However, what makes Major Daniel depressed is not these, but the fact that "non-professional" drivers like him are always placed in the backup position... It is usually difficult for them to drive tanks at important moments. Their task is more to replace driving to relieve the fatigue of other tank crew members during marches.

Now they seem to have good luck, because the German army won a battle and captured a batch of "Stuarts" from the British, which enabled them to have their own tanks.

But Major Daniel soon realized that this was not a good thing for them.

"You are now British tanks!" Colonel Olbrich said to Major Daniel.

"Colonel!" Daniel was shocked, he didn't understand what this meant.

"Your mission is to disguise yourself as British and then mix in with them to fight! Do you understand?"

"But, Colonel..." Daniel had a lot of questions.

But Colonel Olbrich didn't give Daniel a chance to speak: "Repaint your tanks back to their original appearance, tie red cloth bands on the muzzles of the machine guns for identification, and fight freely in groups of ten... Any questions?"

Daniel realized that he had no choice at all.

"No problem, Colonel!" Daniel could only answer like this.

"Very good!" Colonel Olbrich looked at his watch and said, "The military situation is urgent, you have twenty minutes to prepare!"

Twenty minutes...

What Major Daniel had time to do was to organize the thirty-one "Stuarts" into three groups and paint off the black "cross" on the tanks.

"Colonel!" Major Daniel couldn't help asking Colonel Olbrich before setting off: "How can we be considered to have completed the mission?"

Major Daniel's question was very sophisticated. What he actually wanted to know was when he could come back.

Colonel Olbrich thought about it and replied: "You will be considered to have completed the mission when the main force arrives in Alexandria!"

Major Daniel was stunned when he heard this.

Because he knew that it would take at least several hours for the main force to reach Alexandria, which meant that their tank unit consisting of 31 tanks would have to guerrilla in the dark for several hours.

"What if we don't have ammunition?" Daniel asked again when the tank started.

There was a reason why Major Daniel asked this question... They had disguised themselves as British tanks, so the Germans would also treat them as British tanks, which meant that they could not return to the army to replenish ammunition.

"You are British tanks!" Olbrich replied: "So you should go to the British to replenish ammunition!"

Major Daniel looked at Olbrich in shock, and he even suspected that he was abandoned by the army.

Then, 30 "Stuarts" drove into the darkness in three directions.

Major Daniel spent a few minutes in the "rumbling" tank to adjust his state.

Then he said to the radio: "Soldiers, we have always been backup players, but today, we have become the most important troops. The 21st Armored Division needs our cover. Our success or failure will directly affect whether the entire division can successfully reach and capture Alexander... They finally face up to our existence, right? Then let's fight those so-called "regular" troops and let them know that we are no worse than them! Let them know that we are also awesome warriors!"

"Yeah!" The German soldiers of the tank battalion shouted passionately.

This is Daniel's correct way of dealing with problems as a major. He will try his best to hide his negative emotions and mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers, because he knows... Only in this way can he and his subordinates have the highest chance of survival.

Just as Daniel was thinking about how to deal with the British tanks, there was a fierce machine gun sound in front of him, and the bullets hit the tank armor "ding ding ding ding ding".

"Prepare for battle!" Major Daniel ordered loudly, and then looked through the observation window in the direction of the gunfire. The gunner immediately aimed the muzzle and machine gun at the target...

Just when Major Daniel was about to order to open fire, he suddenly found something wrong, so he hurriedly ordered: "Don't fire, they are our own people, they are our scouts!"

Those were indeed German scouts. Major Daniel's group of tanks went straight to the hiding place of the German scouts by mistake. The frightened German scouts thought they were discovered, and in panic, they used machine guns to shoot.

Daniel was angry and amused. He didn't expect that the first person he encountered after disguising himself as a British soldier was actually his own people...

"Colonel!" At this time, someone reported: "Enemy tanks at four o'clock!"

Daniel was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly looked at the four o'clock direction. Sure enough, he saw a team of tanks coming from the right wing.

Daniel saw clearly that there was no red cloth on the heading machine guns of these tanks, which were obviously British tanks.

After thinking for a while, Major Daniel ordered: "Shoot at the scouts, but don't aim at the target!"

"Yes, sir!"

The tanks driven by the German army immediately fired a row of bullets and shells, but the bullets and shells either fell nearby or flew over the Germans' heads.

The frightened scouts on the opposite side also fired bullets, and occasionally a few mortar shells were fired, which really looked like a fierce battlefield.

The British "Stuart" tanks obviously did not notice that this was a fake fight... In fact, the German scouts were really fighting, which is one of the reasons why it was very realistic.

So the British tanks rushed over Daniel and other tanks without hesitation towards the German scouts. Among them, a British officer leaned out of the tank cabin and shouted: "Surround them!"

Of course, Major Daniel would not listen to him. He ordered: "Form a battle formation and follow them..."

So the German tanks lined up and followed the British tanks.

The British officer was a little surprised. He couldn't understand what these "Stuarts" were doing... Then, when he saw these "Stuarts" stop and point their guns at them, the British officer understood.

"Turn around!" the British officer shouted, "They are enemy tanks!"

But it was too late to realize it. With a burst of "boom" artillery fire, the dozen or so British tanks were blown into balls of fire.